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Stroke Order

CharactersSelect one of the characters from this word to see the stroke order.

Draw

CharactersSelect one of the characters from this word to draw it.

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We publish more than 1,600 news-based lessons each year. That's up to six new lessons every day - five times more content than any other Chinese news-based graded reader!

HSK-graded News-based Lessons

Thousands of HSK-graded news-based lessons meticulously created each year by our highly-experienced writing and editing team, all under a stringent seven-point editorial process. At TCB, quality is key!

TCB Platform Synchronisation

The TCB platform fully synchronises across all devices; Website, iOS and Android. This includes user data, bookmarks, personal Learning Hub and Word Bank.

Bookmarking

Bookmark articles to read or refer back to at a later date.

Interactive Live Dictionary

Don’t know a word? Use the Live Dictionary – which comes complete with audio and scrolls as you study – to save words to your personal Word Bank. View stroke order animation and even practice writing characters in the correct order, all from within the Live Dictionary!

Spoken Audio for Every Article

Each lesson comes complete with native audio spoken with a variety of Chinese accents, at a speed in-line with the targeted HSK level.

Simplified & Traditional

Easily switch between simplified and traditional characters.

Grammatical Explanations

Unlike any other news-based graded reader, TCB offers a complete HSK level-targeted list of grammatical explanations for each lesson. Grammar is made fun and relevant with contextualised examples in the most comprehensive grammar list of any online Chinese learning resource.

Keywords & Idioms

TCB carefully selects keywords and idioms for each article, in accordance with the targeted HSK level. Users also have the ability to save keywords and idioms to their personal Word Bank.

Word Groups & Exportation

Flashcard Tests

After creating or viewing pre-existing word groups, test using our intelligent flashcard system. As words are tested, they are automatically grouped in accordance with how well they are known. This means users are tested more frequently on words they know less.

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The Chairman's Bao is the most comprehensive online Chinese news-based graded reader for students of Mandarin.

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